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Gas Burner.

Patented April 14, 1857.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E. P. GLEASON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

GAS-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 17,035, dated April 14;, 1857.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E. P. GLEASON, of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gas-Burners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing the burner with an upper and a lower chamber, connected by means of a vertical tube having two horizontal perforations in the lower end, so arranged as to admit the gas from the lower chamber in two jets, from exactly opposite directions, which being forced upon and into each other, a self-regulating efiect is produced, which operates to check the flow of gas at a high pressure, and at the same time to furnish an ample supply at a low pressure, from the fact that the greater'the force or pressure, the more direct will be the action of the two jets (of gas) against each other, and consequently the greater the self opposing force,

while at a comparative low pressure the action is less direct, and the gas is supplied with but very littlechecking. In the tube the gas collects itself assumes a certain pressure, and escapes into the upper" chamber through four or more perforations in the upper end of the tube which also checks, or serves to regulate the pressure.

To enable others skilled in the art. to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my burner in two parts A, and B, which are united in a joint by the threads 0, 0,the upper part A, is of brass, and in form and construction resembles an ordinary burner, within and near the top is placed a piece of wire gauze f, which serves in a measure to distribute, and purify the gas, the lower part B, is of either brass or composition metal, and has a thread out upon bination with the bers. That end-of the tube which projects into the lower chamber D, is pierced horizontally with two holes 6, e, of proper size exactly opposite each other, through which the gas is admitted to the inside of the tube, in two jets, which from the relative position of the (two) holes, strike against and oppose the entrance each of the other (as shown by the arrows in Figs. 2 and @L) The jets under a high pressure, take the direction as shown by the arrows whose heads strike against each other, while under a low pressure, the jets take an upward direction as shown by the arrows the heads of which pointupward. The gas passes in a single column into the upper part of the tube where it escapes in four jets from the perforations i i 2' 2', into the upper chamber, and from thence through the meshes of the gauze to the tip or outlet Z.

I am aware that a combination of a central conducting pipe, with a capping pipe has been patented by Brick. I therefore disclaim said device irrespective of a comcheck.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The peculiar arrangement of the holes 6, e, in combination with the connecting tube I, and the perforations i, z, i, 2', for the purpose herein specified.

E. P. GLEASON. I/Vitnesses:

ISAAC A. BROWNELL, Gnome MooNEY.

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